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United States, shall be a Member <strong>of</strong> either <strong>House</strong> during his<br />

Continuance in Office.<br />

SECTION 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in<br />

the <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Representatives</strong>; but the Senate may propose or<br />

concur with Amendments as on other Bills.<br />

Every Bill which shall have passed the <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Representatives</strong> and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law,<br />

be presented to the President <strong>of</strong> the United States; If he approve<br />

he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to<br />

that <strong>House</strong> in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the<br />

Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.<br />

If after such Reconsideration two thirds <strong>of</strong> that <strong>House</strong> shall agree<br />

to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections,<br />

to the other <strong>House</strong>, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered,<br />

and if approved by two thirds <strong>of</strong> that <strong>House</strong>, it shall become a<br />

Law. But in all such Cases the Votes <strong>of</strong> both <strong>House</strong>s shall be<br />

determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names <strong>of</strong> the Persons<br />

voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal <strong>of</strong><br />

each <strong>House</strong> respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the<br />

President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have<br />

been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner<br />

as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment<br />

prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.<br />

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Senate and <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Representatives</strong> may be necessary<br />

(except on a question <strong>of</strong> Adjournment) shall be presented to<br />

the President <strong>of</strong> the United States; and before the Same shall<br />

take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by<br />

him, shall be repassed by two thirds <strong>of</strong> the Senate and <strong>House</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Representatives</strong>, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed<br />

in the Case <strong>of</strong> a Bill.<br />

SECTION 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and<br />

collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts<br />

and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare <strong>of</strong><br />

the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be<br />

uniform throughout the United States;<br />

To borrow Money on the credit <strong>of</strong> the United States;<br />

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the<br />

several States, and with the Indian Tribes;<br />

To establish an uniform Rule <strong>of</strong> Naturalization, and uniform<br />

Laws on the subject <strong>of</strong> Bankruptcies throughout the United<br />

States;<br />

To coin Money, regulate the Value there<strong>of</strong>, and <strong>of</strong> foreign<br />

Coin, and fix the Standard <strong>of</strong> Weights and Measures;<br />

To provide for the Punishment <strong>of</strong> counterfeiting the Securities<br />

and current Coin <strong>of</strong> the United States;<br />

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;<br />

To promote the Progress <strong>of</strong> Science and useful Arts, by<br />

securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive<br />

Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;<br />

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;<br />

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the<br />

high Seas, and Offences against the Law <strong>of</strong> Nations;<br />

To declare War, grant Letters <strong>of</strong> Marque and Reprisal, and<br />

make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;<br />

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation <strong>of</strong> Money<br />

to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;<br />

To provide and maintain a Navy;<br />

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation <strong>of</strong> the land<br />

and naval Forces;<br />

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws <strong>of</strong><br />

the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;<br />

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia,<br />

and for governing such Part <strong>of</strong> them as may be employed in the<br />

Service <strong>of</strong> the United States, reserving to the States respectively,<br />

the Appointment <strong>of</strong> the Officers, and the Authority <strong>of</strong> training the<br />

Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;<br />

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever,<br />

over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by<br />

Cession <strong>of</strong> particular States, and the Acceptance <strong>of</strong> Congress,<br />

become the Seat <strong>of</strong> the Government <strong>of</strong> the United States, and to<br />

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES<br />

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exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Legislature <strong>of</strong> the State in which the Same shall be, for the<br />

Erection <strong>of</strong> Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other<br />

needful Buildings;—And<br />

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for<br />

carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other<br />

Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government <strong>of</strong> the<br />

United States, or in any Department or Officer there<strong>of</strong>.<br />

SECTION 9. The Migration or Importation <strong>of</strong> such Persons<br />

as any <strong>of</strong> the States now existing shall think proper to admit,<br />

shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one<br />

thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be<br />

imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for<br />

each Person.<br />

The Privilege <strong>of</strong> the Writ <strong>of</strong> Habeas Corpus shall not be<br />

suspended, unless when in Cases <strong>of</strong> Rebellion or Invasion the<br />

public Safety may require it.<br />

No Bill <strong>of</strong> Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.<br />

4No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in<br />

Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed<br />

to be taken.<br />

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any<br />

State.<br />

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation <strong>of</strong> Commerce<br />

or Revenue to the Ports <strong>of</strong> one State over those <strong>of</strong> another: nor<br />

shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter,<br />

clear, or pay Duties in another.<br />

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in<br />

Consequence <strong>of</strong> Appropriations made by Law; and a regular<br />

Statement and Account <strong>of</strong> the Receipts and Expenditures <strong>of</strong> all<br />

public Money shall be published from time to time.<br />

No Title <strong>of</strong> Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And<br />

no Person holding any Office <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>it or Trust under them, shall,<br />

without the Consent <strong>of</strong> the Congress, accept <strong>of</strong> any present,<br />

Emolument, Office, or Title, <strong>of</strong> any kind whatever, from any King,<br />

Prince, or foreign State.<br />

4Note.—This clause has been affected by the 16th amendment.<br />

SECTION 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance,<br />

or Confederation; grant Letters <strong>of</strong> Marque and Reprisal; coin<br />

Money; emit Bills <strong>of</strong> Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver<br />

Coin a Tender in Payment <strong>of</strong> Debts; pass any Bill <strong>of</strong> Attainder,<br />

ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation <strong>of</strong> Contracts,<br />

or grant any Title <strong>of</strong> Nobility.<br />

No State shall, without the Consent <strong>of</strong> the Congress, lay any<br />

Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be<br />

absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and<br />

the net Produce <strong>of</strong> all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on<br />

Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use <strong>of</strong> the Treasury <strong>of</strong> the<br />

United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision<br />

and Controul <strong>of</strong> the Congress.<br />

No State shall, without the Consent <strong>of</strong> Congress, lay any Duty<br />

<strong>of</strong> Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships <strong>of</strong> War in time <strong>of</strong> Peace, enter<br />

into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a<br />

foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in<br />

such imminent Danger as will not admit <strong>of</strong> delay.<br />

ARTICLE II.<br />

SECTION 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a<br />

President <strong>of</strong> the United States <strong>of</strong> America. He shall hold his<br />

Office during the Term <strong>of</strong> four Years, and, together with the Vice<br />

President, chosen for the Same Term, be elected, as follows<br />

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature<br />

there<strong>of</strong> may direct, a Number <strong>of</strong> Electors, equal to the whole<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> Senators and <strong>Representatives</strong> to which the State may<br />

be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative,<br />

or Person holding an Office <strong>of</strong> Trust or Pr<strong>of</strong>it under the United<br />

States, shall be appointed an Elector.<br />

5 The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote<br />

by Ballot for two Persons, <strong>of</strong> whom one at least shall not be an

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